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Air Berlin Growth Stable: Company Positions Itself More and More as a European Airline
BERLIN, Germany, January 11 -- With 13.5 million passengers in 2005, Air Berlin has assured its position as the second biggest German airline after Lufthansa. In comparison to 2004, this represents an increase of 12.45%. Flight sales increased in 2005 by 17.1% reaching EUR1.23 billion. "Despite high oil prices, we not only achieved our growth targets, but also provided a positive result for our shareholders", explained managing director and shareholder Joachim Hunold last Tuesday in Berlin. Traditionally, the company does not provide any further details on income. Read more.
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MUMBAI, India, Jan. 11, 2006 -- At a signing ceremony held today at Air India's headquarters, Boeing Commercial Airplanes President and CEO Alan Mulally and Air India Chairman and Managing Director V.
Thulasidas formally announced an order agreement for 68 airplanes. The order, placed with Boeing in December 2005, is valued at more than $11 billion at list prices and deliveries are scheduled to begin in November 2006.
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Lufthansa améliore le confort de ses sièges sur son réseau européen
La compagnie continue son offensive qualité.
A partir du printemps prochain, Lufthansa installera de nouveaux sièges, plus confortables, en Business et Economy Class sur ses vols en Allemagne et en Europe. En savoir plus.
Brussel, 11 januari 2006 – Aviapartner kondigt de benoeming aan van Andrew Burnett als Business Development Manager voor de Aviapartner groep en dit sinds 1 januari 2006.
Two new key destinations for SN Brussels : Frankfurt and Nice Côte d'Azur
Today, SN Brussels Airlines further completes its summer network 2006 (April-October 2006) with the launch of two new key destinations : Frankfurt and Nice Côte d'Azur. Read more.
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Austrian Airlines, the Vienna Philharmonic and the Austria Mint fly around the world together to promote Austria's unique image
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easyJet Calls For Immediate Review Of EU Compensation Rules For Air Passengers
10 Jan 06 -- easyJet, Europe’s leading low-fares airline, called on the European Commission to review new EU rules for air passenger compensation following today’s ruling in the European Court of Justice. The new EU rules were introduced last year in order to deter airlines from the odious practice of overbooking and making commercial cancellations. Read more.
Austrian’s flights to Erbil in Northern Iraq will be the first offered by any European carrier to the country. Commencing 9 March 2006 the flights will initially operate twice a week (Thursday & Sunday) increasing to three per week from 6 April 2006 (+Tuesday). The service will be operated using an Airbus 319 and will depart Vienna 20.15 arriving Erbil 06.00 the following day. The flight connects with OS462 from London.
British Airways : lancement de "BA Connect"
La filiale régionale de British Airways, British Airways CitiExpress lance un projet d’envergure afin d’améliorer sa rentabilité et de concurrencer plus efficacement les compagnies à bas coûts. En savoir plus.
VLM Airlines a transporté 13% de passagers en plus en 2005
Anvers, le 10 janvier 2006 - La compagnie aérienne VLM Airlines vient d'annoncer qu'elle a transporté au total 625.300 passagers en 2005. C'était une bonne année pour cette compagnie aérienne régionale axée sur le marché d'affaires, avec une augmentation de 13% de passagers transportés sur ses vols réguliers et une croissance générale de 12% par rapport à 2004. En savoir plus.
JAL Group New Year Vacation Period Traffic Results
Tokyo January 10, 2006: Japan Airlines Group announced the results for the Japanese “New Year'' vacation period, from December 28, 2005 to January 9, 2006. The total number of passengers traveling on JAL Group international passenger routes was down 5.1% on the same vacation period last year. However, the total number of passengers traveling on JAL Group domestic passenger routes was up 1.0% . Read more.
KLM and NHTV Sign Agreement
AMSTELVEEN, January 10, 2006 - KLM and NHTV Breda University of Professional Education today signed a agreement to promote expertise development and innovation. Concrete points in the collaboration include Aviation Management and Imagineering. KLM believes these two new subjects are of great importance to our competitive position in the airline industry. Furthermore, it offers NHTV the chance to broaden its curriculum. Read more.
SEATTLE, Jan. 9, 2006 - Boeing and Tokyo-based Japan Airlines International Co., Ltd. (JAL) today announced that JAL is increasing the number of 747-400 Boeing Converted Freighters it has on order to eight, with an additional four options.
JAL first ordered the 747-400 BCF in October 2004, signing up for three firm modifications and four options. With today's announcement, the four options became firm orders and JAL also added one more firm order and four more options. The value of the order agreement will not be released.
KUALA LUMPUR - Malaysian budget carrier AirAsia will from February 6th commence flights to Ipoh, Tawau, Kota Bharu and Sandakan from its hub at Senai International Airport in Johor Bahru. The airline will operate 4 services per week to Ipoh and Tawau (Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Sunday) and 3 flights per week to Kota Bharu and Sandakan (Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday). AirAsia is also increasing flights to some present destinations; from Johor to Kuching, Kota Kinabalu and Penang. The carrier will operate 10 flights per week to Kuching, 11 flights per week to Kota Kinabalu, and 10 flights per week to Penang.
Singapore Airlines Adds More Flights For Lunar New year
SINGAPORE - Singapore Airlines is boosting flights to certain Asian destinations to meet higher demand over the Lunar New Year period between January 21st and February 6th. There will be five more flights between Singapore and Taipei while more than 3,000 extra seats will be available between Singapore and Penang with 10 additional services from January 24th to February 7th. The carrier will operate a supplementary flight to Kuala Lumpur on the 26th and 27th of January, if there is enough demand.
Air France - KLM : December 2005 Traffic
Excellent performance in passenger activity: sharp increase in both traffic (up 11.9%) and load factor (up 2.1 points to 79.8%). Read more.
AVIAREPS saves airlines high amounts with BSP
January 9, 2006 -- AVIAREPS offers airlines to save them high costs when entering the BSP accounting system. The airline representative is one of only three companies worldwide possessing a licence for IBCS (IATA BSP Consolidator System) which was developed by IATA. With this product even the entrance in secondary markets pays as costs are much more inexpensive than under classical conditions. Carriers usually pay IATA between 5.000 and 25.000 US Dollars entrance fee according to the respective market. Read more.
The Austrian Airlines Group will become the first European airline to be granted the right to operate scheduled services into Iraq in the near future. Preparations are now well underway to fly to the city of Erbil in Northern Iraq from 9 March 2006. The service will operate twice a week during March and April, and three times a week from May onwards. The Austrian Airlines Group will fly its scheduled route to Erbil using an Airbus A319.
Door het grote succes van de route Amsterdam - Mallorca voert Air Berlin tijdens de zomermaanden een extra vlucht naar Mallorca uit. In de periode april tot november wordt op zondag een tweede vlucht aan de dienstregeling toegevoegd. Hierdoor kunnen Nederlandse reizigers vanaf Schiphol acht keer per week met Air Berlin naar het Spaanse vakantie-eiland vliegen.
Today, Air France was named “Best Trans-Atlantic Airline” by the readers of Global Traveler Magazine through an annual survey conducted in 2005. Over 4,839 readers, made up largely of business and luxury travelers, participated in the survey, which may be found in its entirety in the January 2006 issue. Readers also named the SkyTeam alliance, of which Air France is a founding member, as the “Best Alliance.” The award will be presented at a ceremony and luncheon on January 17, 2006 in New York City, and accepted by Mr. Marie-Joseph Malé, Air France Vice President and General Manager, U.S.A.
SEATTLE, Jan. 5, 2006 - The Boeing Company recorded 1,002 net commercial airplane orders during 2005, setting a new Boeing record for total orders in a single year.
The 2005 total surpasses the previous Boeing record of 877 net orders in 1988, which includes both Boeing and then-McDonnell Douglas totals; the companies merged in 1997. Boeing posted 272 net orders for commercial airplanes in 2004. Gross orders in 2005, which exclude cancellations and conversions, totaled 1,029.
EAGAN, Minn. -- (January 5, 2006) -- Northwest Airlines today announced a systemwide December load factor of 80.7 percent, 2.5 points above December 2004. Northwest flew 5.82 billion revenue passenger miles (RPMs) and 7.21 billion available seat miles (ASMs) in December 2005, a traffic decrease of 5.7 percent and a capacity decrease of 8.6 percent versus December 2004.
Last call for 10 days of crazy fares in Belgium and Luxemburg
From 3 to 13 January 2006, Air France is proposing very attractive return fares to over 100 destinations on both the Belgian and Luxemburg markets, for journeys beginning on 30 June 2006 at the latest:
- On all long-haul destinations:
The U.S.A. from 399 €*, Africa from 585 €*, Asia from 622 €*, the Caribbean from 575 €*;
- On almost all European destinations from 216 €*;
- On 10 destinations from Brussels to France:
Lyon, Bordeaux, Clermont-Ferrand, Marseilles, Nantes, Toulouse, Nice, Biarritz, Ajaccio and Bastia at fares between 190 and 250 €*.
For further information or reservations, please surf on www.airfrance.be, www.airfrance.lu or contact your usual travel agent.
Vanaf 29 januari 2006 verlaat Virgin Express terminal 1 van de luchthaven van Madrid en neemt ze de nieuwe terminal 4 in gebruik.
JAL Increases Normal Japan Domestic Fares
Tokyo, Tuesday December 27, 2005: Japan Airlines (JAL) will increase the price of domestic Japan normal passenger airfares during the period April 1st - September 30th 2006 to help the airline group cope with the financial impact of sustained high fuel prices. JAL filed today a fare increase application with the Japanese Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transportation (MLIT). Read more.
JAL Outside Safety Advisors Issue Report
Tokyo, December 27, 2005: A special committee of outside experts established to consult and advise Japan Airlines on safety issues has presented the results of their examination and recommendations. The five-member committee was set up in August this year in response to a proposal made to JAL by the Japanese Ministry of Land Infrastructure and Transport (MLIT) on June 17, 2005. Read more.
Virgin Express ajoute Palerme à sa liste de destinations
Bruxelles-National, le 26 décembre 2005 - Le 1er avril 2006, Virgin Express ouvrira une nouvelle ligne aérienne entre Bruxelles et Palerme (PMO). En savoir plus.
Virgin Express installeert kerosine- besparende winglets op Boeing 737-300
Melsbroek, 23 december 2005 * Virgin Express is 's werelds eerste luchtvaartmaatschappij die winglets heeft gekocht voor de Boeing 737-300-reeks. De Belgische lagetarievenmaatschappij doet deze belangrijke investering omdat deze opstaande verlengingen van de vleugels het kerosineverbruik aanzienlijk verminderen. Verwacht wordt dat de kost om de vleugels te moderniseren voor ieder vliegtuig terugbetaald is op ongeveer 2,5 jaar. Naast de lagere brandstofrekening, zal ook de slijtage van de motoren, de uitstoot van verbrandingsgassen en geluidsproductie aanzienlijk verminderen. Lees meer.
Air France and KLM Will File Comments On DOT's Proposed Decision About Anti Trust Immunity For Six Airlines
The Show Cause Order (SCO) that was issued today by the DOT proposes to positively grant broad codesharing authority to the six members of the SkyTeam international aviation alliance, to enhance their short term network benefits. Read more.
ECTAA and GEBTA withdraw the EU complaint against IATA
After successful negotiations with IATA under the auspices of the European Commission, ECTAA and GEBTA have withdrawn their complaint filed in October 2002 against IATA and IATA member airlines for infringing European competition legislation. This withdrawal expresses ECTAA's and GEBTA's wish to continue the dialogue with IATA and IATA member airlines in a normal negotiation process in order to complete an agreement on outstanding issues. Read more.
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Plenty On The Cards for Las Vegas in 2006
11 Jan 06 -- Las Vegas recently celebrated its centenary and in true Las Vegas style, this was cause for a year-long party. While the close of 2005 means centenary celebrations are over, the neon city shows no signs of slowing down over the next 100 years. Read more.
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Top Ten World Travel Destinations in 2005
CHICAGO, Jan. -- iExplore ( www.iExplore.com) announced today the list of Top Ten World Travel Destinations as determined by the vacation purchases of its adventure and experiential travelers.
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Other destinations showing strong growth in 2005 included Morocco (#12), Argentina (#14) and Jordan (#16). Bumped from last year's top ten were Chile (#20) and Costa Rica (#40).
Founded in 1999, iExplore is the leading online seller of adventure and experiential travel. iExplore offers hundreds of made-to-order, guided tours that visit the farthest corners of the earth, particularly the man-made and natural wonders of the world. iExplore services its clients through an expert staff of adventure consultants at 1-800-IEXPLORE and online at http://www.iexplore.com/. iExplore has been named the "Best Adventure Travel Website" by Forbes Magazine for five years in a row.
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For the first time since opening its doors to international tourists in the early 1990s, Lao PDR is on track to record more than 1 million arrivals in 2005.
Joining PATA in 2006 as a government/destination member, the Lao National Tourism Administration (LNTA) attributes reaching the 1 million mark to joint marketing activities it has undertaken with the private sector.
The LNTA will host the Mekong Tourism Investment Summit (MTIS), March 28--30, in the World Heritage city of Luang Prabang -- www.PATA.org/mekong.
Nouvelles d'Allemagne
Une année très sportive
Le jubilé de la ville de Halle
Visite surprenante à l'aéroport Tempelhof
Ouverture de la 5ème saison du carnaval
Forfaits avantageux à Feldberg et au bord du Schluchsee
Spreewaldmarathon
En savoir plus.
Visitors arriving to Nepal by air in December 2005 increased by 14.2% compared to the same month of 2004. This was stated in the figures released today by the Ministry of Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation quoting Immigration Office, Tribhuvan International Airport. Arrivals from India and the third countries both increased by 30% and 9.9% respectively. A total of 27,511 visitors came to Nepal during the month.
Indonesia's Minister of Culture and Tourism, Jero Wacik, has announced a "moderate" foreign tourist arrival target of 5.5 million for 2006. That total, projected to generate US$5 billion in foreign exchange earnings, would represent a 7.8% improvement over 2005 arrivals expected to end the year at 5.1 million.
In explaining the 2006 target to the press, Minister Wacik labeled 5.5 million as a moderate target indicating that an optimistic scenario could see 6 foreign million visitors pay a call on Indonesia during 2006.
Nepalese tourism expected to rebound in 2006
Tourism has been the mainstay of Nepal's economy. This fact has been proven by the employment and foreign currency it generates. At a time, when most of the other trade and industry are sometimes affected by internal and external problems, tourism has proved to be the industry surviving and producing good result. It has been encountering some unforeseen problems in Nepal, which has also granted it an opportunity to learn a good lesson to grapple with the waves of situations-some conducive, some untoward. Read more.
The International Tourism Trade Fair, FITUR 2006, which will take place between 25th and 29th January 2006 at Feria de Madrid, will host the staging of the Twenty-Sixth Folklore Festival of the Peoples of the World. The Festival will take place in the South Auditorium at the IFEMA fairground on the weekend (28th and 29th January), the days on which the fair opens its doors to the general public.
De nombreuses distinctions pour les Mövenpick Hotels & Resorts
Les Mövenpick Hotels & Resorts clôturent l'année 2005 en beauté et récoltent les lauriers pour les excellentes prestations qu'ils proposent sur le marché. Les hôtels d'Istanbul, Berlin, El Quseir, Sharm El Sheikh, Luxor, El Gouna et Dar es Salaam ont remporté des distinctions prestigieux dans différentes catégories. De plus, la chaîne hôtelière internationale a réussi à se classer parmi les finalistes de la catégorie "Best Professional Development Programm for Junior Employees" lors du Worldwide Hospitality Award 2005. En savoir plus.
Mövenpick : Bail signé pour un nouvel hôtel d'affaires à Dusseldorf
Dès 2008, un nouvel hôtel viendra compléter le portefeuille des Mövenpick Hotels & Resorts en Allemagne: le groupe hôtelier international d'origine suisse vient de signer un bail avec LIP (Ludger Inholte Projektentwicklung) pour un nouvel hôtel d'affaires 4 étoiles à Dusseldorf. Cette offre s'adresse principalement aux hommes d'affaires et aux visiteurs des salons. En savoir plus.
Mövenpick : Nouveau projet en Turquie
Dès 2006, Mövenpick Hotels & Resorts proposera une nouvelle destination: Izmir Mövenpick Hotels & Resorts vient de signer un contrat de management avec Viltur Insaat Ve Turizm A.S. pour la reprise d'un hôtel d'affaires à Izmir. Cet hôtel 5 étoiles ouvrira ses portes mi-2006 après avoir subi une rénovation complète. Après le Mövenpick Hotel Istanbul, dirigé depuis 2003 avec succès, cet établissement sera le second hôtel en Turquie des Mövenpick Hotels & Resorts.En savoir plus.
Mövenpick : Réalisation du 8e hôtel à Dubaï
Mövenpick Hotels & Resorts vient de signer avec IFA Hotels & Resorts un accord pour la construction d'un nouvel hôtel-résidence 5 étoiles à Dubaï. Il s'agit du premier projet d'investissement hôtelier indépendant de ce genre au Moyen-Orient. Le Mövenpick Hotel & Residence Laguna Tower Dubai ouvrira ses portes en 2008 et proposera 120 chambres d'hôtels ainsi que 296 suites et appartements. En savoir plus.
Conrad Hotels Celebrated In The Condé Nast Traveler Gold List 2006
Brussels, 9 January 2006 - Seven Conrad hotels have been voted amongst the best hotels in the world by up to 28,000 subscribers of Condé Nast Traveler (US). The results of the readers' choice poll were published in the Gold List 2006 of the January issue. Read more.
New Accor Managed International Convention Centre Opens In Hyderaba
HYDERABAD - Hyderabad International Convention Centre (HICC) has officially opened under Accor management. HICC offers convention and event organisers 291,000 square feet of primary meeting space with a capacity to seat 5,000 delegates. The purpose-built convention facility also offers 250,000 square feet of pre-function areas supported by 32 break out rooms. This can be raised to 6,500 delegates for special events. The adjoining Novotel Hyderabad, slated to open in March 2006, is the first new-built Novotel for Accor in India.
SEOUL - As part of the hotel's fifth anniversary activities in 2006, the JW Marriott Seoul's meeting and banquet spaces have undergone extensive renovations, to meet the needs of business travelers and meeting event planners. High speed internet, wireless access have been installed in event room floors and at all reception areas, with LCD projectors and screens standard features in all event rooms, including the Ballroom. All event rooms and the Grand Ballroom foyer now have video and audio links. Sound systems and acoustics have been improved with extra soundproofing.
SANYA - The Hilton Sanya Resort & Spa has soft opened on Hainan Island, off the coast of mainland China. The grand opening of the hotel has been slated for 31 March 2006. It is the first Hilton Worldwide Resort in China and houses 501 rooms, suites and villas. To celebrate its opening the hotel is offering a rate of 940 yuan + (US$116.5) per room per night, which includes breakfast and room upgrade, valid until March 31st
Accor Services lance la nouvelle version de son Beneficio Club
Réductions, offres spéciales, jeux, annonces, ... la nouvelle version du club d'avantages online de Accor Services se décline dans de multiples facettes. En savoir plus.
GCB at EMIF 2006 with Germany's World Cup hosts
MICE providers from Berlin, Hamburg, the Cologne/Bonn region, Leipzig, Stuttgart and Munich at the largest EMIF Germany stand ever. Read more.
Mövenpick Hotels & Resorts is now a partner of the American Express Corporate Meetings Exclusives Programme, underscoring its continual efforts to strengthen its international sales & marketing activities in the MICE (Meetings Incentives Conferences Events) market.
Companies which use an American Express Corporate Meeting Card for their payments can now benefit from a 5% discount on the overall statements when booking a conference or meeting package at any Mövenpick Hotel & Resort worldwide. In addition every 11th participant at the meeting is entitled to a free room upgrade; groups of 20 participants or more qualify for a complimentary room (maximum of one room upgrade and two free rooms per stay).
For more information and terms & conditions visit www.moevenpickhotels.com/MeetandDine/amexmeetings
Winners of German GCB Wild Card for IMEX 2006
Three "insider tips" of the German meetings and conventions industry can look forward
to free space at the GCB stand.
Frankfurt/Main, 10 January 2006. This year the GCB German Convention Bureau e.V. will again offer three providers of the German meetings and convention industry free space at "IMEX - incorporating Meetings made in Germany" through its Wild Card programme: The Wild Card will allow them to exhibit at the GCB's Germany stand. From 30 May to 1 June 2006 the Münchner Künstlerhaus, the 54 Grad Nord network and Fuchs congress + incentive gmbh will be able to present their offerings to a large trade audience for the first time. Read more.
TIA’s Traveler Sentiment Index Hits All Time Low
Washington, DC – Reflecting negative consumer confidence and rapidly rising travel and gas costs post-hurricane season, it’s not surprising that the Travel Industry Association of America’s (TIA) fourth quarter 2005 Traveler Sentiment Index dropped almost 6 percent from the previous quarter and 13 percent from a year ago to an unprecedented 83.8 - its lowest point ever. Read more.
«Na een geslaagd 2005 willen wij in 2006 met nog meer dynamisme en innovatie van start gaan, vooral in het teken van onze 10de verjaardag», aldus Jean-Michel Dancoisne
Jean-Michel Dancoisne, Algemeen Directeur van Thalys, gaf op dinsdag 10 januari toelichting bij de resultaten van 2005. Lees meer.
Eurostar, le train à grande vitesse qui relie la Belgique et la France à la Grande-Bretagne, devient le fer de lance de la plus large campagne jamais menée pour encourager le tourisme à destination de Londres, Paris et Edimbourg. Celle-ci s’appuie sur la sortie du film événement, The Da Vinci Code, produit par Columbia Pictures.
Le transporteur - désigné aujourd’hui partenaire officiel de la promotion mondiale du film - travaille en étroite collaboration avec les offices de tourisme de Grande-Bretagne, de France et d’Ecosse et mise sur le succès du film inspiré du roman de Dan Brown. L’augmentation du tourisme sur les lieux cités dans le roman est déjà attribuée au livre. Grâce à ce partenariat de plusieurs millions de dollars avec Columbia Pictures, Eurostar participe activement à la promotion mondiale du film.
ATLANTA and TONSBERG, Norway, Jan. -- Global travel technology leader Worldspan, L.P. announced a new technology marketing agreement with Net Trans Services AS of Tonsberg, Norway, the world's leading provider of commission handling services for travel management groups, travel agents and online providers. Through the agreement, Worldspan travel agency subscribers worldwide are offered access to Net Trans Active Commission, an end-to-end hotel commission tracking, reconciliation and payment service with the power to increase hotel commission revenues by up to 20 percent, and cut average commission reconciliation time from 90 - 180 days down to 30 - 90 days.
José Antonio Tazón, President and CEO of Amadeus, participated in the Latin American Leaders Forum organised by AITAL
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Amadeus sets its sight on becoming the IT leader for the Travel Industry by 2010
Madrid, 5 January 2006 - In his address at the Latin American Leaders Forum, hosted recently by AITAL (International Air Transport Association of Latin America), José Antonio Tazón, President and CEO of Amadeus, said: "We want to be the world's top IT service provider for the travel industry. I say travel as a whole, as I am not referring exclusively to airlines, but to all the segments of this challenging and exciting industry we belong to. We will be the leader by 2010 because we have the industry's best IT service offering". Read more.
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Charmehotel Sojka, Op vakantie bij een Vlaams-Slovaaks koppel
Brochure “Slovakije 2006”
Vanaf 15 januari beginnen we met de verspreiding van de 12 bladzijden tellende brochure “Slovakije 2006 – Hotel Sojka”.
In deze brochure wordt wat meer uitleg gegeven over het land, de Liptov-regio, Charmehotel Sojka*** en zijn er wat praktische tips. Verder mooie foto’s, een wegbeschrijving en enkele verblijfsformules. Lees meer..
In de Summum brochure vind je tal van groepsrondreizen naar uiteenlopende verre bestemmingen. Onze zeer complete uitgebreide brochure bevat rondreizen naar onder meer Thailand, Sri Lanka, Costa Rica, Egypte, India en Brazilië. Ook organiseren we vanaf 2006 singlereizen naar bestemmingen als Mexico, Cuba, Kenia en Nepal. Je kunt ook kiezen voor verleng-en excursiepakketten die bij verschillende reizen kunnen worden bijgeboekt.
Heb je de brochure nog niet ontvangen? Vraag deze dan snel aan via onze website http://www.summum.nl/.
TUI AG has reached an agreement to sell its business travel activities, operating within its wholly owned subsidiary of TQ3 Travel Solutions Management Holding GmbH, to the Dutch BCD Holdings N.V. It was agreed not to disclose the purchase price. The sale has yet to be approved by the TUI supervisory board and is also subject to necessary approvals by anti-trust authorities. The business travel market is currently going through a process of global consolidation. This provides TUI with the opportunity of placing this division, which does not belong to its tourism core business, within a future-oriented business travel management company. Promising international prospects will be opened up for the company as well as staff by the purchaser BCD Holdings N.V. Finalisation of the deal is expected in the first quarter of 2006.
Simultaneously, TQ3 and Navigant have agreed to cancel their joint venture with effect from 03 January 2006.
"Avian Flu: UNWTO Calls For Caution But Says No Need For Travel Restrictions"
While the latest outbreak of avian flu in Turkey is not expected to have a serious impact on tourism in the country or the immediate region, the tourism industry must not underestimate the threat and needs to keep preparing for the worst should it occur, the World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) said Today. Read more.
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The Miss Tourism World Organisation is pleased to announce that Miss Tourism World 2006, World Final will take place in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa in September 2006.
The event is set to be one of the biggest pageants ever staged with 108, yes 108!! contestants from around the world descending on KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa to compete for the prestigious title of Miss Tourism World 2006.
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